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Efficiency in Environmental Regulation

A Benefit-Cost Analysis of Alternative Approaches

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  • © 1990

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Authors:
  1. Ralph A. Luken

    1. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C, USA

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Part of the book series: Studies in Risk and Uncertainty (SIRU, volume 1)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Ralph A. Luken
    Pages 1-6

  3. Regulatory Approaches

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    Pages 7-25

  4. Technology Approach

    • Ralph A. Luken
    Pages 27-92

  5. Ambient Approach

    • Ralph A. Luken
    Pages 93-151

  6. Benefits Approach

    • Ralph A. Luken
    Pages 153-184

  7. Compliance

    • Ralph A. Luken
    Pages 185-211

  8. Growth

    • Ralph A. Luken
    Pages 213-248

  9. Toxic Pollutants

    • Ralph A. Luken
    Pages 249-295

  10. Conclusions

    • Ralph A. Luken
    Pages 297-309

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 311-364
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A management agency --such as a publicly or privately owned electric utility -- must, if it is to be efficient in carrying out its day-to-day tasks, have a means of monitoring its performance to assess the efficiency of its operations and the effectiveness of its planning. For example, how did the demand for electricity compare with that assumed in planning? How effective were the incentives applied to induce energy conservation by users? Such ex post analyses are essential for improving the planning process and hence for improving decisions with respect to efficiency and resource allocation. Unfortunately, it seems to be very difficult for public agencies to make such ex post evaluations an integral part of agency activities, whether the agencies are "producers," e. g. , the Corps of Engineers or the Bureau of Reclamation with respect to water resources management, or are regulatory agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency or the Food and Drug Administration. Here and there a few ex post analyses of agency programs have been done, but rarely by the responsible agency itself. These analyses have attempted to compare the results actually achieved with the results estimated in planning, either in terms of project outputs or in terms of effectiveness of regulatory and/or economic incentives in inducing desired changes in behavior.

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  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C, USA

    Ralph A. Luken

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